Google Adds Attachment Access to Offline Gmail

Google on Tuesday added the ability to view Gmail attachments while offline.

"Starting today, attachments work just the way you would expect them to whether you are online or offline (with the exception that when you're offline you won't be able to include inline images)," Google wrote in a blog post. "Just add the attachment and send your message."

Google unveiled an offline version of Gmail in January. Built on Google's Gear's platform, the feature downloads a cache of your mail to your PC. When you're logged on the Web, it syncs the cache with the Gmail servers.

To enable on your account, visit the Labs tab in Gmail, select "enable" next to Offline Gmail, and save. After your browser reloads, click the "offline" link near your username to start the offline set-up process and download Gears if you don't already have it.

Google, meanwhile, wants to see you using offline Gmail in action - from an igloo, a plane, a submarine, anywhere. Email submissions to hikingfan@gmail.com and Google will post the most interesting ones on its blog.

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